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Sidewinder
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Josh Klinghoffer interview with MusicRadar 26 Apr 2012
Red Hot Chili Peppers' Josh Klinghoffer on his band Dot Hacker
Plus: adjusting to Chili Peppers life
Has there been a Chili Peppers song from their catalogue that you're still trying to nail? Not just like the record, but to your own standards.
"Yes, actually – the song Snow. It's funny, because I remember being in England right at the same time they were, too, and it was when Stadium came out. We hooked up, I was hanging out, and they were playing something for the BBC. They started playing the song and I was like, 'Fucking hell! No way am I ever going to be able to play that and sing that backup part. And thank God I will never have to!' [laughs]
Cut to now, and we’ve been on tour for six months collectively, and you know, because that song was a hit, a couple of people, and one of our managers especially, were like, ‘Where’s that song?’ And it’s just because I feel like I haven’t nailed it, not so much the guitar part but the guitar part and the background vocal at the same time – it feels so much like John.
I guess I should be sitting in front of my stereo playing it 100 times a day. But you know, when it’s ready, when it’s natural, it’ll happen. I’ve played it twice today already. I can play it, but there’s that syncopated background vocal and the guitar at the same time. It still feels like an exercise. I just want it to feel natural. To make it good, I have to feel free."
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http://stadium-arcadium.com/26-04-2012/josh-klinghoffer-musicradar-interview-red-hot-chili-peppers-dot-hacker-inhibition-april-26th-2012/red-hot-chili-peppers-news/article18676
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Ezra
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great interview! josh is feeling more comfortable. I like snow part too and this one:
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What's been the biggest musical lesson you've learned from playing with the Chili Peppers?
"It's really been highlighted and accentuated… just being free and being yourself, not being fearful. Being on stage, I can trust myself more easily. Playing with guys like Flea and Chad, they just go for it. Just be me – that's the lesson I've learned.
"Like John Frusciante – I'll never be him. I can never be another person. I can only be me, and hopefully people will like it. I mean, I've been a fan of this band since I was 10 years old, so it's hard to sit and go, 'You're playing songs off of Blood Sugar…' But like I said, you just have to be yourself, play the song as yourself – that's what I'm reminded of every time I play with them."
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LoveJFrusciante
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he will get there....next album will be splendid
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“When I got back from Michigan, the band played a big show at the Long Beach Arena, which was filmed for a documentary. In the middle of the backstage interview, the interviewer started asking me about Ione, and I told him we’d had a rough breakup. Just then, John peeked into the camera frame and said, ‘That’s right, ladies and gentlemen. Anthony’s a free man, and you know what that means: It’s time to fuck.’ It was John’s way of bringing me out of my doldrums, and it was a tactic that we’d both use on the rest of the Mother’s Milk tour.”
— Anthony Kiedis
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LoveJFrusciante
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BTW, do we need for every question he answered a separate topic? 
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- Music is the face of God
“When I got back from Michigan, the band played a big show at the Long Beach Arena, which was filmed for a documentary. In the middle of the backstage interview, the interviewer started asking me about Ione, and I told him we’d had a rough breakup. Just then, John peeked into the camera frame and said, ‘That’s right, ladies and gentlemen. Anthony’s a free man, and you know what that means: It’s time to fuck.’ It was John’s way of bringing me out of my doldrums, and it was a tactic that we’d both use on the rest of the Mother’s Milk tour.”
— Anthony Kiedis
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whohoo.. cool interview. thanks for posting sidewinder!
I love this man
